Why Portland voters should write in Eileen Brady for mayor

We must reclaim our suffrage! In May we cast 90% of our vote divided among the three serious candidates, yet now we are faced with a November ballot containing only two of those three serious candidates. If you are as unhappy with this prospect as I, the only meaningful alternative is to write in the name of the third serious May candidate, Eileen Brady.

Grumbling or abstaining will accomplish nothing. Even if only 5 votes were to be cast for Mayor, the candidate getting 3 would win, farcical as that result would be. There will not be a space to mark "None of the above", a ploy usually found void anyway. And at this late date, the write-in must be united, not diffused.

Admittedly victory by write-in is a long shot, but it may be the only way to force the needed change in the city's election rules. Never again must serious candidate(s) from May be left off the November ballot.